When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
FRANCIS CHANDo you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
More Francis Chan Quotes
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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
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Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
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A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
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But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.
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A key to everything is surrender – to really come before the Lord and say, – I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay’ or ‘God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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